Fully Baked Brioche
I finished the Glen Brioche Scarf before I left Malaysia 😀 Here’s the evidence, carelessly draped in a tree on the beach, looking rather like an exotic snake… I was holding my breath all the way though the final chart – this is why – I had about 2 metres of each colour left over […]
Alabaster
I made Alabaster a year ago and never showed you – bad Susan!
Alabaster is a lovely green cable jumper I bought the stuff for at Ally Pally way back in 2015.
Making those cute little hats again…
EEk! I’ve not used my work Charity day!😲 We are strongly encouraged to use our one day a year for charity work – it’s a great idea 😍 Hmmm – what can I do? The obvious answer was the little hats for the Innocent Smoothies “The Big Knit” campaign for Age UK. I’ve blogged these […]
Runaway Socks
A daring escape, a villainess, a sadistic torturer, a heroic rescuer and a happy ending 😲 Who knew sock knitting could be so dramatic? I will share the unedited details with you and you can decide who is who in this Hollywood worthy story, featuring my “Flying Monkey Socks” …. I only discovered the truth when […]
Brioche on the Beach
My brioche history is shameful. I was a coward. I procrastinated for over 2 years! March 2016, I taught myself the basics from this book…Knitting Fresh Brioche by Nancy Marchant And blogged my sample knits here, “Fun with Brioche, Burping and Barking” and fully intended to make the lovely Glen scarf by Laura Whittington , a […]
Teddy Bear Jacket
Here’s a really cute one I knit in under 2 weeks, over the Christmas break last year (2017). I can’t believe I didn’t blog this at the time! It came out very well – a really cute pattern 😍 The lovely Ben was due to meet his 6 month nephew, Noah, for the first time […]
Flying Monkey Socks
I now have a backlog of “Finished Objects”to share with you but here’s a quick little one , fresh off the needles 🙂 My Flying Monkey Socks… I love Cookie A’s sock patterns but I had never made Monkey – beloved by several members of the Guilty Knitters. …and I had a flight to Miami […]
Fabulous Stashbuster Blanket
I have been forced out of my blogging lethargy to show you a fabulous sock yarn blanket I have just finished 🙂 It’s made entirely from the left over bits and bobs I had in stash from pairs of socks, a couple of 4 ply shawls and some soft toy creations (and I still have […]
It looks terrific! The two stripes really look great together.
Looking good ! x
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Really suits you Susan. Looks great. x
It looks fantastic, as do you. ;)